Public Law 119-73 (01/23/2026)

2 U.S.C. § 654

Study by Government Accountability Office of forms of Federal financial commitment not reviewed annually by Congress

The Government Accountability Office shall study those provisions of law which provide mandatory spending and report to the Congress its recommendations for the appropriate form of financing for activities or programs financed by such provisions not later than eighteen months after . Such report shall be revised from time to time.

Pub. L. 93–344, title IV, § 404Pub. L. 99–177, title II, § 21499 Stat. 1059Pub. L. 105–33, title X, § 10116(c)(1)111 Stat. 692Pub. L. 108–271, § 8(b)118 Stat. 814(, formerly § 405, as added , , ; renumbered § 404 and amended , (2), , ; , , .)

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

section 404 of Pub. L. 93–344Pub. L. 105–33, title X, § 10116(c)(1)111 Stat. 692A prior , which is not classified to the Code, was renumbered section 403 by , , .

Amendments

Pub. L. 108–2712004— substituted “Government Accountability Office” for “General Accounting Office” in section catchline and text.

Pub. L. 105–33, § 10116(c)(2)section 651(c)(2) of this title1997—, substituted “mandatory spending” for “spending authority as described by and which provide permanent appropriations,”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

section 275(a)(1) of Pub. L. 99–177section 900 of this titlePub. L. 112–25, title I, § 104(a)125 Stat. 246Section effective , and applicable with respect to fiscal years beginning after , see , formerly set out as an Effective and Termination Dates note under prior to repeal by , , .